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Week 1, Aug 26–30

Lecture: Chapter 1: System Administration, Chapter 2: Shell Scripting
Recitation: No recitation this week
Assignment: No assignment this week
Reading: Chapter 1: Basic Administration, pp. 1–27; Chapter 2: Scripting and the Shell, pp. 29–51

Week 2, Sep 2–6

Lecture: Chapter 4: Access Control; Chapter 6: The Filesystem
Recitation: R1: Linux and Shell Scripting
Assignment: A1: Linux Commands Review (due Sep 8)
Reading: Chapter 4: Access Control and Rootly Powers, pp. 103–118; Chapter 6: The Filesystem, pp. 140–172

Week 3, Sep 9–13

Lecture: Chapter 5: Controlling Processes; Chapter 9: Periodic Processes; Chapter 11: Logging Files
Recitation: R2: Sysadmin and Processes
Assignment: A2: Bash Shell Scripting (due Sep 15) (changed to Sep 17 due to bad weather)
Reading: Chapter 5: Controlling Processes, pp. 120–139; Chapter 9: Periodic Processes, pp. 283–291; Chapter 11: Syslog and Log Files, pp. 340–361

Week 4, Sep 16–20

Lecture: Chapter 3: Booting and Shutdown; Chapter 12: Software Installation; Extra Slides: Automating Installs
Recitation: R3: Installing Fedora Linux
Assignment: A3: Periodic Processes Lab (due Sep 22)
Reading: Chapter 3: Booting and Shutting Down, pp. 77–102; Chapter 12: Software Installation and Management, pp. 382–392

Week 5, Sep 23–27

Week 6, Sep 30–Oct 4

Lecture: Wayne Trzyna: Computer Science Department System Administration; Chapter 26: Printing
Recitation: R5: Network Setup Lab
Assignment: A5: Linux Network Setup (due Oct 6)
Reading: Chapter 26: Printing, pp. 1033–1044 and 1065–1084; Chapter 25: X Window System, pp. 1011–1030

Week 7, Oct 7–11

Week 8, Oct 14–18

Lecture: Lecture 1 (cs457): Introduction to Networking; Lecture 2 (cs457): Network Performance; Lecture 3 (cs457): Link Layer Protocols
Recitation: R6: Perl Programming Lab
Assignment: A6: Perl Programming Assignment (due Oct 20)
Exams: Midterm Exam class Oct 16
Reading: Chapter 14: TCP/IP Networking, pp. 447–493

Week 9, Oct 21–25

Lecture: Lecture 6 (cs457): Ethernet; Lecture 7 (cs457): Wireless Networks; Lecture 8 (cs457): Switching and Forwarding; Lecture 10 (cs457): Internetworking and IP; Lecture 11 (cs457): More IP Networking; Lecture 12 (cs457): Routing; Lecture 14 (cs457): Border Gateway Protocol; Lecture 16 (cs457): IPV6 and NAT
Recitation: R6: Perl Programming Lab (continued)
Assignment: Semester Project Planning (due Nov 3)

Week 10, Oct 28–Nov 1

Lecture: Networking: Basics; Service: Basics; LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; NFS: Network File System; Sendmail: Basics
Recitation: Project Planning Lab (see assignment below)
Assignment: Semester Project Planning (due Nov 3)

Week 11, Nov 4–8

Lecture: Lecture 1: Python Overview; Lecture 2: Numerical Python; Lecture 3: Practical Python; Lecture 4: Object Oriented Programming; Lecture 5: Extending Python with C
Recitation: R7: Network Protocol Lab
Assignment: A7: Python Network Trace Analysis (due Nov 24)

Week 12, Nov 11–15

Lecture: Chapter 22: System and Network Security; wxPython: Python User Interface (Robin Dunn – http://wxPython.org); SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol (Jason Slater – www.jasonslater.co.uk)
Recitation: R8: Python Port Scanner
Assignment: A7: Python Network Trace Analysis (due Nov 24)
Reading: Chapter 22: Security, pp. 896–951

Week 13, Nov 18–22

Fall Recess, Nov 25–29

Week 14, Dec 2–6

Lecture: Samba: Windows and Linux File Sharing; Virtualization: Presentation from Susmit
Recitation: R9: Virtualization and Samba
Assignment: Project slides and demonstrations (to be given next week)

Week 15, Dec 9–13

Finals Week, Dec 16–20

Study Guide for final exam. It’s certainly out of date—take it for what it’s worth.
Final Exam - Dec 18 - 4:10–6:10ᴘᴍ in CSB 130

CT320: Network and System Administration